Drop Duchy

Last updated: 2025-05-06
Summary
  • Addictive strategic gameplay with unique mechanics.
  • Extensive content and meta-progression system.
  • Strategic depth and high replayability value.
  • Excellent sound and visual design enhances experience.
  • Tetris meets roguelike deckbuilding gameplay.
  • Lacks challenge, becomes stale for some players.
Drop Duchy header
Reviews
(sample size)
72
Helpful reviews
78%
Unhelpful reviews
22%
Protest reviews
0%
Positive points
128
Negative points
42
Gameplay points
38
Perf. points
2
Rec. points
43
Misc points
2
PointDescriptionImportance
Unique, addictive strategic gameplay.The game uniquely blends Tetris-style tile placement with roguelike deckbuilding and city-building elements, creating a strategic and addictive gameplay loop. Players must strategically place tiles to maximize resource acquisition and combat effectiveness, leading to emergent strategies and satisfying synergies.95%
Extensive content and meta-progression.The game offers extensive meta-progression and unlockables, including new mechanics, tiles, and upgrades, ensuring long-term engagement. The game provides dozens of hours of content, with a large tech tree, guilds, and quests.76%
Strategic depth and high replayability.The game balances accessibility with strategic depth, offering diverse builds and synergies that reward strategic deck-building and planning. There are many ways to solve a problem and card synergies that might not be obvious at first glance.66%
Excellent sound and visual design.The game features excellent sound and visual design, including a beautiful art style and well-executed on-screen effects. Celtic-style music and sound effects enhance the overall experience.12%
Strategic combat system.The combat system involves strategically placing military buildings of three classes (rock-paper-scissors) to counter enemies and gain bonuses. Players must disrupt enemy formations and improve ally formations.9%
Clear and functional UI.The game features a clear and functional UI that effectively communicates essential information, allowing players to make informed decisions.7%
Strategic save mechanic.The save mechanic allows players to reset the height of a piece and even target farm for the best starting pieces, adding a layer of strategic control.5%
Overland map adds strategic choices.The game includes an overland map for choosing encounters, shops, events, and boss fights, adding strategic depth to the campaign.3%
Factions offer varied gameplay.The game features factions that offer very different gameplay experiences from each other, increasing replayability.3%